Nine members of pro-government Taliban commander Maulvi Nazir’s group were gunned down in two attacks on his offices in South Waziristan, triggering a backlash against Mehsud tribes, officials and local tribal elders said on Monday. “Three members were killed in Wana office of Nazir and six others in an attack on the office of pro-Nazir commander Khanan in Shakai Valley,” a senior government official told Daily Times. The attacks came after Nazir declined to join Baitullah Mehsud because of the presence of Uzbek militants, who were provided shelter by Mehsud.